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Just checked the latest results (Original Post) MrScorpio Sep 2014 OP
FWIW! elleng Sep 2014 #1
They've been busy MrScorpio Sep 2014 #2
Yes! elleng Sep 2014 #6
web/social data LiberalAndProud Sep 2014 #9
HA! elleng Sep 2014 #10
Even if Scotland votes not to secede Hissyspit Sep 2014 #3
yup. La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2014 #4
Someone said the last time they voted, 68% or so wanted to split. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #7
Well, Cameron better hope Bing Predicts is right KamaAina Sep 2014 #5
That is too close to call. I'll await actual results. morningfog Sep 2014 #8

elleng

(130,645 posts)
1. FWIW!
Thu Sep 18, 2014, 05:07 PM
Sep 2014

'The Bing Prediction engine has been busy churning out predictions for users in the US in Bing and Cortana, providing projections for reality TV shows, the NBA amateur draft, and most recently, the World Cup. For the ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ Scottish Referendum vote, we are Beta testing the Bing Predicts model here in the UK to leverage our algorithms against web/social data in the UK and Scotland to bring projections ahead of the historic September 18th vote.'

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
7. Someone said the last time they voted, 68% or so wanted to split.
Thu Sep 18, 2014, 05:26 PM
Sep 2014

But that they required a 70% threshold for that vote for some reason. (I have no verification of this, and only heard it from one person, for what it's worth.)

If so, it sounds like the 'no' folks just had to keep pushing the vote out far enough to get down to a point where they could safely hold a vote at 50%.

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